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Thursday, May 9, 2019
8:00 am - 9:30 am
All are welcome! Bring a friend!
1111 O'Farrell Street at Franklin, San Francisco
Please do not park in the St. Mark's parking lot as those
spaces are rented to others.
NEW PROCEDURE: Parking is available
across the street at St. Mary's Cathedral at
1111 Gough Street
using a one-time permit. Please print the page in the link below
and place it in the driver's side front windshield.
If there is no permit visible, your car may be towed.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST HOST
MEDITATION
Fatih Ates, Director of San Francisco and East Bay
PRESENTATION
California's Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO)
As we have learned from too many tragedies involving gun violence, including the Isla Vista (2014) and Thousand Oaks (2018) shootings, prior to the violence, shooters may exhibit certain warning signs, but those behaviors may not be severe enough to allow authorities to take preventive action. Immediate family members are often in the best position to see and recognize these warning signs and may turn to law enforcement, social service providers, or their faith community for help and referrals. Effective in 2016, California's Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) law is a tool that addresses this problem by allowing concerned family members, as well as law enforcement officers, to obtain an order restricting someone's access to firearms. In this presentation, Julia Weber will provide information on the GVRO and how organizations and professionals can use this important legal tool to help prevent gun violence and suicide.
Presenter: Julia Weber
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Fellow
Julia Weber joined Giffords Law Center in 2018 as a fellow focused on
gun violence restraining order implementation efforts. She is an expert on domestic violence policy who has spent her career working to develop and implement promising practices to prevent and respond to violence.
Prior to joining Giffords Law Center, Julia worked for over 17 years with the Judicial Council of California's Center for Families, Children & the Courts, where she served as co-counsel to the Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee and supervised the Access to Justice Unit. Julia has staffed many task forces and working groups addressing family law, intimate partner violence, and child welfare, and has extensive experience drafting and implementing protective and restraining orders and firearms relinquishment policies. She presents regularly at conferences and has trained hundreds of court staff nationally on preventing bias in working with victims and survivors, utilizing trauma-informed approaches in providing court services, and using visuals to communicate more effectively about the law.
Julia attended Washington University School of Law and the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, where she obtained her combined degrees in law and social work. She is a trained mediator and a member of the California bar. Julia also serves as an expert witness and is an adjunct professor at Golden Gate School of Law, where she teaches domestic violence law.
Shireen McSpadden, Executive Director
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